Enduring is the word that keeps popping in my head and I can't but believe that is the overwhelming feeling that we have all had this year. The definition of endurance is to "continue or tolerate and last under without flinching. Well, reflecting on this few past year I may have flinched a moment or two, but I am no worst for the wear, maybe a few more wrinkles and gray
hair.
hair.
For my business and myself this year has been very insightful. I have dedicated heart and soul to Deb's Keep Sake Flowers since 1992 and the recession I had to search new avenues to survive and this has been good.
During flush times we tend to get a little lazy and sit on idle. Until this year I focused my marketing stragedy towards the wedding industry, but I have discovered through local networking not only a new direction for my business, but great people and wonderful support groups in the Miami area.
During flush times we tend to get a little lazy and sit on idle. Until this year I focused my marketing stragedy towards the wedding industry, but I have discovered through local networking not only a new direction for my business, but great people and wonderful support groups in the Miami area.
Weekly I attend several business networking events which is stimulating and encouraging.
In the pass few weeks I have attended West Kendall Business Association Happy Hour Networking at Iron Mike's Tavern & Grill, tonight a fundraiser for the Pediatric Cancer Center at the Beauty Salon in Kendall Breeze, Elite Bridal Networking on the Beach and at meeting for Cancer Society Relay for Life. The networking events are diverse and inspiring both socially and for business.
In the pass few weeks I have attended West Kendall Business Association Happy Hour Networking at Iron Mike's Tavern & Grill, tonight a fundraiser for the Pediatric Cancer Center at the Beauty Salon in Kendall Breeze, Elite Bridal Networking on the Beach and at meeting for Cancer Society Relay for Life. The networking events are diverse and inspiring both socially and for business.
I have previously narrowed myself in a small boxed arena and this recession has made me venture out beyond my comfortable box and I feel that I will not only endure, but I will thrive.
So I will leave you with this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
"He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter." - -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
